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WRECK ON THE
GRAND TRUNK
An Express Train Crashes
Into a Moving
Freight.
TWELVE PERSONS KILLED
Many More Are Seriously Injured A
Misplaced Switch the Cause of the
Accident Several Cars Smashed
to Splinters Engineer nnd Tire
man of the Wrecked Train Both
Killed Hardly Any of the Pass
engers Escaped Injury Many of
the Victims Mangled Beyond Ilec
ognitlon List of tho Kled nnd
Wounded.
Trenton, Out., Nov. 13. A Grand
Trunk express train bound for Toronto
crashed Into a moving freight train
near Murray Hill crossing1, two miles
west of there, lit 3.30 this morning,
nnd several cars were smashed almost
to splinters. So far as known twelve
people were killed nnd a dozen or moro
seriously Injured.
LIST OP THK DRAB.
WILLIAM LUNNBSS, cattle drover. To.
ronto.
CHAHLKS GOODCHILD, cattlo drover,
Toronto.
JOHN CASEY, engineer, oft duty, Bclle
vllle. WILLIAM BRA BY. engineer of Montreal
express, Belleville.
JOHN MACIJONALD, fireman or Mont
real expresi, Uellevlllc.
MEKIE C. KKttN, nutlv of Bussl.l.
GEORGE HARR1CI1. nutlvo of Russia.
KATRINE HABRICH, native of Russia.
Three other Russians, man, woman and
femalo child, all unidentified.
Unknown man, lees nnd part of truulc
recovered.
All tho Russian party had through
tickets to Cincinnati. They arrived at
Quebec last week on the steamship
Laurentinlan.
THE INJl'RED.
WILLIAM KINNEAR, Prescott. wound
ed about the head.
JAMES NEWMAN, baggageman, Toron
to, slightly Injured.
1.1SON LEBLANC. baggageman. Mont
real, slightly Injured,
JOHN M'NAMARA. lltcmun. Brockvllie,
condition critical.
ALBERT TRACEY. Toronto, both legs
Injured.
A. P. WALKER, nreman, Belleville, foe
injured.
FREDERICK COHEN, German Immi
grant, tlgli fractured and skull thought
to bo crushed.
(- PALIN, Chcsley. 111., Injuries slight.
A. CAREY, COBOURG, shoulder frac
tured. B. BACKt'S. Tliockvllle, fare lacerated.
A misplaced switch was the causa
of the accident, the west-bound train
taking the wrong track, on which was
the eastbouud freight.
The train, which left Montreal at 3
o'clock Inst night, consisted of express,
rail and baggacje cars, a second class
ir, one first cluss coach and two Pull-
mn sleepers. The second class ear
was next to the baggage car and ahead
of the first class coach and sleepers.
It was pretty well filled with people-,
there being twenty or more passengers
in it and hardly any of them escaped
without injury.
Between Belleville and Mutiny Hill
crossing tho road Is single tracked, the.
only piece of single track between To
ronto and Montreal. At Murray Hill
crossing1 the westbound express usual
ly leaves the single track and takes
the double track, and It was about a
mile and a half west of this point
where the accident occurred.
Whether the signals were lleht or
not thlB morning will never be Tcnoun,
tho engineer and fireman of tho wreck
ed train, are both dead. Both engines
were totally destroyed and the freight
engine was thrown completely over
the pussenger engine Into the ditch
beyond.
The engineer and fireman of the
freight train. Thomas Ivans and Ales
Topping, both of Toronto, jumped and
escaped with llsht Injuries. W. H.
Brady, enlgneer, of Belleville, and John
McDonald, fireman, of Belleville, who
were In charge uf the pnstvuger en
gine were killed.
Tho greatest destruction was wrought
In tho second class car. The baggage
car w.i.e driven Into and almost torn
plcteb through It, the passengers were
e rushed and mangled underneath tho
timbers of tho cars. Tho mall car was
forced right on top of the baggage
car and the express car was partially
wrecked. Tho first class car was un
injured, as were ulso the two sleepers.
Tho work of pulling out the dead
and Injured was commenced Immedi
ately, but it was late this morning
before all tho bodies were gotten out.
Some of them were so horribly man
Bled, that recognition was almost Jin
possible. The Injured were taken to
the hospital at Belleville.
CA11LISTS AKE ACTIVE.
An Uprising May Be Expected to
Follow Peace Treaty.
London, Nov. 10. -The Madrid cones
pondent of the Pally Mall says;
A leading Carllht tells me that he will
he astonished If a formidable arising
does not occur In .Spain within u month
after tho peace treaty Is signed. Tho
Carllsts havo abundant supplies of
money, and, my Jnformaiu says, only
Bomethlntf very big and unexpected
can prevent a rising,
This, appears to agree with the news
that Uorr.Ctu103-, has succeeded In rals.
lne an important loan In London and
In Paris, and that wealthy Carllst fam
lles ore Insuring their property against
war risks,
HAS NO DEAL WITH QUAY.
Senator Mageo Benles Reports to
That Effect.
Pittsburg, Nov. 15 A report has
been in circulation for some time to
the effect that Senator C. L. Mugee
had made a deal with Quay. It was
reported yesterday that it had been
agreed that In return for Mageo's sup
port of the state ticket tho latter wns
to "audit tho claims" of those who as
pired for porltlons under tho state
government. Senator Mageo was ask
ed about the reported deal, and ho re
plied: "There In not the shadow of truth In
that report. I have made no deal with
Quay, and furthermore I shall make
none. I supported tho Republican
ticket hecnuse I felt that It waa my
duty as a Republican to do so. I real
ized that It wus highly necessary for
every good citizen to come to the sup
port of tho ticket In behalf of tho na
tional administration."
"Han Martin made a deal with
Quay?"
"No, sir: I don't think ?o, and I
don't believe ho will make a deal with
him. He supported the Republican
ticket for the same reason I and every
other good Republican did."
BEAVER SCORES
COLONEL LEE
Member of tho War Commission
Loses Patience at the Hcaruessnes3
of a "Red-Tape Officer.
Washington, Nov. 15. Dr. William
G. Weaver, of tho Ninth Pennsylvania
volunteers, was before tho war com
mission this afternoon, und' he gave
detailed Information concerning tho
conduct of a regimental hospital at
Camp Thomas. Dr. Weaver said that
typhoid had broken out about tho 10th
of Juno and that It had continued from
that time until the 20th of August.
There had been about COO cases of this
disease in the regiment, nnd twenty
eight or thirty deaths. The doctor said
there was an Insufficient supply of
drugs and that at times he failed to
get what was needed. Quinine was one
or the articles of which there had been
a scarcity and 100,000 pills were se
cured from home, no said that at one
time there were llfty-slx patients lit
the regimental hospital because there
was no accommodation for them In the
division hospital. At another time
there were sixty-seven fever patients
In tho company tents for whom admis
sion could not bo secured In any hos
pital, division or regimental. In sum
ming up the causes of disease In tho
camp. Dr. Weaver Included overwork
of the men as one. The first reveille
sounded at -1.30, nnd after that time
the men were kept busy with drills
until C.l!., notwithstanding the weather
was Intensely hot. Ho nlso expressed
the opinion that the water from Chick
amauga creek was polluted. Ho con
sidered the water In this stream as
hardly lit to bathe In, much less to
oilnk. His Information was that there
wore sources of contamination above
tho lii-takc pipe of the pipe line sys
tem. The doctor admitted that he liad
never visited the creek at tho pumping
station.
Dr. Weaver related his difficulties In
securinif tents for the regimental hos
pital and said that in one case Chief
Quartermaster Lee had refused to al
low the regiment to have a tent which
was stored, and which was Its prop
erty. Colonel Lee said that the tent
could not !e taken out except In th
proper military manner, but the regi
ment had never been able to ascertain
what he required and never secured
the tent. The defect was? supplied by
taking tho officer's mess tent for hos
pital purposes. In this connection Gov-
I ernor Beaver expressed the opinion
that this conduct on the part of Colonel
Leo was an outrage, and said the only
mistaken that the doctor und his ool
j onel had made was that "they had
not taken the colonel by the nano ot
the neck and kicked him out of camp."
Dr. Weaver said he wus the only
surgeon on duty with his regiment,
the oilier two being detailed to other
service. He had been on duty as long
' as 42 bonis at a time, but he had nev
er made any complaint, because It was
J senerally known that the surgeons' In
' the regiments wero overworked. The
l witness expressed the opinion that tho
j hospital facilities should be furnished
' by the Government, adding that not
an article of property in his hospital
has been thup supolled, the citizens
I of Pennsylvania buying beds, blankets,
sheets and all tho food, Ice and milk
I tb.it had been there. They had ex
' ponded over X2.000 on the hospital alone.
I HAVE ARRIVED AT AUGUSTA.
Second Section of the Thirteenth
Arrived There Last Night
Speel.il to the Scranton Tilnutie.
Augusta, Oa., Nov. 1.". The second
section of tho Thirteenth regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, ar
rived here at 1). 30 p. m. At Hutnlet, N.
C, a wheel of the car In which the
memberH of Company D weie riding
was found to bo bioken. Tho car was
side-tracked and the occupants distri
buted among the other cars.
Tonight is warm and all on board tho
train were well, and happy at get
ting to a warmer climate.
BOSTON ANTI-IMPERIALISTS.
New Society of Kickers from the
Mugwump District,
Boston, No. 1S.--A conference of well
known antl'impeiiallsts ot Boston will
take place within a few days. Invitations
arc now being srnt out, and It Is expected
that the deliberations of this gathering
will result In the formation of a icgulur
crnunizalon In Boston for arousing public
tcntlmcnt against tho taking of Spain's
conquered pos.seej.lona by tho L'nlttd
Stales.
This confetci.ee is called for by tho
Joint committee of the Fanned hall untl
Imperialists mentlnur of last June and thu
Mutsacht'fecttH Reform club.
Stcani3hlp Arrivals.
New Yolk. Nov. 15-CIrcd: Si. Louis,
Souilrimi'loer. Malcstle, Liverpool. Hailed:
Kulni'E Wllliclm dor G rosso, nrcinou. Ar
rived Aller, Genoa nnd Neplcs. Ant
werp Arrived; Noordliiml, New York via
Southampton. Southampton Arrived:
Latin, Nfw Yolk for Bremen. Rotterdam
At rived; Rotterdam, New York,
PEPPER MURDER
CASE AT MONTROSE
EAGEN ARRAIGNED FOR KILL
ING THE RUSH FARMER.
History of the Shocking Crime and
tho Efforts of tho District Attorney
in Tracking tho Supposed Murder
er Susie Graham tho Woman iu
Scarlet Tho Testimony Heard
Yesterday.
Special to tho Sciaiiton Tribune.
Montrose, Nov. 15. There was a
goodly sized audience In attendance at
court this afternoon, for it was prac
tically tho beginning of the Pepper
murder trial. Tho last Juror had been
drawn shortly before tho morning ses
sion of court ended and a full panel
of twelve good und true men filed into
tho Jury box.
The Jurors drawn are as follows:
IMram Ball, D. Allison Brown, Willis
ton Chamberlain, John I. Wallace, Al
bert llllburn, Gardner J. Lewis, John
"Dixon, Philander K. Benson, Clarence
K. Shay, Andrew Faucher, Warren K.
Tlngley nnd Fred Rlsson.-
They aro men of stability and repre
sent the fine yeomanshlp and good citi
zen found among- the men of Susque
hanna county. Jinny women occupied
tho gallery and the township of Rush
was well represented in the audience.
District Attorney William D. B.
Alney opened the case for tho com
monwealth. His outline of the case
was presented practically as given
above nnd he asked the jury to rentier
a verdict of murder In the first degree,
as tho commonwealth would attempt
to prove tho defendant, J. James Eag
in. guilty ns charged. Tho district
attorney has associated with him In
the case as assistant counsel for the
commonwealth, A. H. McCollum. The
defendant's counsel Is T. J. Davles.
HISTORY OF PEPPER .MURDER.
Oct. 10, 1S07, Is a day which will be
long remembered in the hamlet of
Rush, Susquehanna county. The small
village Is nestled between the sloping
hills, final foot-hills of the Blue Kldg
whose sides are alternately studded
with giant trees of the primeval forest
or show the clean even meadow land
where man hns encroached upon the
rremlses. Andrew Jackson Pepper
lived there among those quiet, abid
ing citizens who people such valleys
of green sward. At the edge of his
pasture lot the Wyalusing creek wound
about, serpent-llko and babbled on to
join the brimming Susquehanna at tho
village bearing tho Same name. Mr.
Pepper pn tho evening mentioned, said
to his sister. Aunt Sally Pepner, ''I
am going to tho barn to husk som
corn," nnd taking the lantern went to
the horse barn which is located about
twenty rods from the house.
When Pepper was next seen he was
lying upon the barn floor bathed in
his own blood; his gray hair wis
matted with blood and brains and
ileal, which had been battered to a.
Jelly, the left wall of his skull was de
piessed leaving a gnplng ugly hole, his
feet and hands were tied with a rope
such as Is used on passenger trains
for signal purposes, a larse whltllctroe
which he hud used to prop open a
barn dcor lay at his side. There was
.i heavy Iron nail protruding at one
end nnd the original iron hasp with
its jagged spud, be-spoke the awful
punishment Inflicted. It was the
weapon used, blood stained and with
particles of flesh still sdherlng tr itn
time-worn cicatrices. Pepper's straw
hat showed that ho had it upon his
head when first struck, tho wire nail
having gone through It and blood had
spurted over the saffron straw and
showed in crimson spots.
Thus Aunt Sally Popper found him
when about ! o'clock he had not re
turned to the house, and she had light
ed another lantern and gone out Into
the night to look for him.
Justice of the Peace Abraham Carter
acted as coroner and an inquest was
I duly held, lor Pepper died at 3 o'clock
the day following the tragedy, '.sus
picion pointed indirectly toward sev
eral, but the Inquest brought nothing
to light upon the subject.
District Attorney William D. B.
Ainty was untiring In his efforts to
apprehend the perpetrators of the das
tardly crime, skilled detectives haunt
ed the peaceful valley of the Wylaus
ing and all to no avail.
Early In January of the present year
it was deemed expedient by those in
pjwer to offer u suitable reward for
thr. enpture or apprehension of the per
son or persons who had committed the
tiutal murder.
SUSIE GRAHAM APPEARS.
Tt was then that Susie Graham in-
I tlr jated herself In the premises'. In
a recent murder trial of note Lizzie Do
Kalb figured as tho woman in black:
In tho Pepper ttiul Susie Graham will
be consiilcuous as the womun In scar
let, for, it is alleged, she was indi
rectly the cause of the crime. The
Gruham woman was born and bred in
Rush township not far from the noino
of Jackson Pepper. As a little bare
foot girl she dally passed his modest
farm houso on her way to school and
tho memory of childhood was indeed
strong, for the childish gossip of the
money Mr. Pepper kept at homo rang
In her ears like a syren's song when
sho and Bngan wero billing nnd coo
ing In their Illicit love at Susquehanna.
She had met Eagan In Blnghamton and
they loved, not wisely, but too well,
and she wont to llvo with him as his
common-law wife. Susie Graham re
membered the traditions of childhood,
sho knew that Old Jackson Pepper
was tin Iconoclast und had no faith
In banks, she wanted Eagan to go to
Rush and make a haul of cash that
would place them both beyond tho
dreams of avarice. Eagan was willing
and so was his friend, Cornelius Wells
Shew. Tho ropo used to tie Pcpper'B
hands and feet was secured from Wing
Lee, a laundrymun Celestial; but the
wugon that camo along fho Mineral
Springs road that night in October af
ter these men left the barn, buying
gagged and tied the old man, was. per
haps, directly the caurc of his death.
Pepper was groaning, nearer and near
er came the team. If his groans were
heard all would bo lost money nnd
thsnifeclves. Back they went, it is al
leged, these brutes, cowardly assas
sins, and battered out Pepper's brains.
A Jury of twelve men will decide
whether they aro guilty, Susie Graham
will try to obtuln tho $1,000 for she told
what she know of the matter, nnd
nfter clever and indefatigable work
District Attorney Alney captured the
two men.
Both of these men havo made a
written confession to mo. I cannot
divulge what they have said until I
am called into the witness box, nnd It
Is for tho twelve men of tho jury to
decide ns to their guilt.
THE PRISONER,
.1. James Eagen, has grown "side
burns" since his last appearance in
court for his first hearing. Ho Is neat
ly dressed in a suit In which brown
predominates; a black low tie on a field
ot white relieves tho monotony and
Into It Is added a blood red stud.
HIh favorite attitude Is to lean with
elbows on the tuble directly in front
of his scat. Red almost as the stud In
his shirt bosom are his features, llorld
unto apoplexy Is the face of tho ac
cused man. Eagerly he drinks In ev
ery word of the evidence nnd occasion
ally when some reference Is made to
Pepper's condition all color leaves his
face, nnd the hard, wild glitter In his
eyo Is appalling.
The first witness1 sworn wus Clifton
lllekok, county surveyor-elect. His
testimony covered a description of tho
Pepper premises In general. Slaps
which he bad made of house and barn
were offered in evidence.
George Granger, of Rush, for Indeed
the town Is often termed Grangervllle,
'. long havo the Grangers resided In
that section, next testified. He was
summoned by Aunt Snlly Pepper about
10 o'clock on the night of Octolier 1!,
1S07, and with Oliver Wilbur went to
tlu Popper barn and found Pepper ly
ing on tho floor. Afterwards he got
George L. Pickett, a neighbor, who wiiB
Wilbur carried Pepper to tne house.
The cross-examination did not ma
terially change his testimony.
Oliver Wilbur, a brother-in-law of
the previous witness, corroborated Mr.
Granger's teatlmony. A most stnrtllng i
effect was produced when Attorney Me-
folium asked Mr. Wilbur to describe ,
Pepper's appearance.when he said: "Ho
looked like the neck end of a slaught
ered beeve nfter the head had been
cut off."
The cros'.'-examlnatton of Wilbur
closed the first day of the trial.
Selden Munger.
ANOTHER WAR RUMOR.
Spanish Fleets Are Being Prepared
to Renew Hostilities Canary
Islands Forts Manned.
London, Nov. lti.-Tlie rumors circulated
hero jesterday (Tuesday) that the Ameri
can fleet was on the point ot' starting for
Europe caused great excitement In com
mercial circles. ''
The Pally Graphic says this moiiuiig:
"The Spanish trans-Atlantic fleet has
been ordered to Ik prepared for a renewal
of hostilities and the forts in the Canary
Irlands arc being rapidly manned."
COAL STRIKERS VIN.
Chlcngo-Virden Company Practically
Accedes to the Demands of the
Miners Peace at Last.
Chicago, Nov 13. The Chieago-Yir-den
Coal company today radically
acceded to all demands of tho sulking
miners. The company agrees to pay
the union scnle of 4'i cents for hand
work and 33 for machine work.
Ollidals of the ccal company held a
meeting hero today with representa
tives of the miners' unions for the pur
pose of arranging a settlement of the
long standing dllltcullles between the
company und the miners. An agree
ment was reached after a somewhat
protracted conference. The chief griev
ance of the miners was tho wage scale
and the result Is looked upon as a
big victory for them. The meeting
was held In the olllee of President
Loucks, of the coal company, and was
attended by Acting President Mitchell,
of the United Mine Woikers of Amer
ica; President Hunter and Secretary
Ryan, of the Illinois Mine Workers'
union, and 'resident Cahlll, of tho
sub-district branch state union, in be
half of the miners. President Loucks
and Manager Luklns representing the
coal company. The meeting lasted un
til Into In the nfternoon, arranging
the minor details of the agreement,
Including tho disposition ot the Import
ed negro workers and the stockades.
President Loucks refused to talk on
these subjects, but stated ho had no
doubt that an amicable agreement on
all points under discussion would hi
reached without difficulty.
--
ANGLO-AMERICANS.
Canadian Members of the Commis
sion Arrive in Washington.
Washington, Nov. 13. Sir Wilfred
Laurier. premier of Lanadn, and hit
James Winter, premier (of Newfound
land, arrived today to take their seats
In tho Anglo-American Joint commis
sion. Mr. T. Jefferson Coolidgo, of Uosu
ton, also came on, thu completing tho
American membership. The commis
sion held a brief session at 11 o'clock
and then gave wuy to meetings ot tho
British and American members sep
arately. These separate conferences
wero for tho purpose of going over the
grounds on which recloroeit.v can be
dlscmucd. Attention Is now centered
almost exclusively on this1 tonic. No
schedules hae been arranged, but it
hns been considered best to take up
each article separately, discuss the pos
slbllltlc'i of tariff conces-slems upon It.
The expectation Is that this work will
proceed so that each side will know
bv the end of the present week Just
what urtlcles the other side desires to
rmerato In a reciprocity arrangement
and what reduction of rates Is poss
blp on these articles.
Although the strictest secrecy Is ob
served, the general expression:! com
ing from meinboro of tho committee
continue to be hopeful that some kind
of u reciprocity ngreument will be
reached.
Hartanft Statuo.
HairUlmrg, Nov. 15. A meeting of tho
Hartrantt commission was held here tliU
evening at which tho statuo of General
John F. Hurt ran ft In capitol park was ac
cepted. Thtr statuo will be unveiled with
elaborato ceremonies next gprlntr.
THE BUSINESS MEN
AREAT IT AGAIN
THEY RENEW FIGHT AGAINST
SENATOR O.UAY.
Tho League. Notwithstanding Elec
tion Results, Claims to Have Sup
ported All Republican Candidates
for tho National House of Repre
sentativesIt Appeals to All Lov
ers of Honest Government and
Patriotism in Pennsylvania for
Support.
Philadelphia, Nov. 1.".. The business
Men's Republican league of Pennsyl
vania Issued a statement today on the
result of the roeont election. Among
other things It say:
"It Is an Incontrovertible certainty
that a majority of more than thirty of
the next legislature have been elected
upon n platform of opposition to tho
return ot Senator Quay to tho United
States senate, and are pledged to stand
against all harmful machine legisla
tion. Of the one hundred nnd thirty
three members of the last legislature
who voted for Senator Penrose and
thereafter followed the dictator of the
Quay machine, but twenty-four have
been re-elected, or only IS per cent,
while of the "Seventy-six" who sup
ported Hon. John Wnnamaker, 32 have
been returned, or more than 12 pol
ecat. Of the fifty Quay men who at
tempted to collect mileage bills for
expenses never Incurred, only seven
are re-elected while the four nntl
Quay men on the s-amo committees
who refused to render bills for money
no! expended, have all been re-elected.
"Senator Quay had a senatorial op
ponent in but one county of the state.
Tioga, where both he and his oppon
ent submitted their names to the peo
ple and Quay was overwhelmingly de
feated by Hon. Charles Tubbs. In the
Republican strongholds of Blair, Ches
tei and Union counties, seven mem
bers wen instructed at the primaries
to ote for Senator Quay, because no
candidate was announced against him,
but at the election these seven mem
bers Instructed for Senator Quay wero
defeated.
INFLUENCE INSUFFICIENT.
"Even the ln(lueti"e of Senator Quay
In his own county of Beaver was in
sufficient to renominate the two men
who had done his bidding In the last
legislature. State chairman Eikln waa
forced to take down the two members
from his own county of Indiana whom
I ho had led Into betraying the people
nnd whom ho desired returned In the
interest of the machine.
"Ex-State Treasurer Haywood could
not renominate bis two servile follow
ers from Mercer county, though by
precedent they were entitled to anoth
er term, yet a member of the "Seventy
Six" In this county broke all preced
ents and was iv -elected for the third
lime against the opposition of the Quay
machine. Not one of the four members
from Crawfoid county will bo con
trolled by Senator Andrews. Ex-Secretary
of the Commonwealth Frank
Rce'der lout the four members he t'otm
ciiy controlled from Northampton
county. Chief Clerk of the Senate
Smlley's two men from Venango were
defeated. Resident Clerk of the House
Feltcrolfl" failed to elect any ot the
five members of the house or the slate
senator, liom Montgomery county.
President Pro Tem-elect AYalton, of the
senate, was not returned to enjoy the
honor purchased by his subserviency
to the Quay machine. Senntoi An
drews, whoso presence In the past hns
done more to debauch and demoralize
legislators than any other agency, is
left at home. In twelve out of the fif
teen counties visited by Hon. John
Wunamnkef and other speakers under
the auspices of the Business Men's
Republican league during tho last three
weeks of the campaign, all elected ntitl
Quay members of tho legislature.
CONSISTENT SCPPOUT.
"The Business Men's Republican
league wishes to draw attention with
emphasis to the fact that throughout
the entile campaign just ended, it con
sistently and earnestly suppoited all
candidates of the Republican party for
members of the national house of rep
resentatives from this state, and had
the Quay machine done the same, the
Republican? would nut now bo regret
ting the calamity caused by the de
feat of Hon. Charles W. Stone, a con
sistent Republican member ot congress,
and tho election In his stead ot that
Democrat anostlo of free silver and
fiee trade, Joseph C. Sibley. This is
but one example of how trultoious the
Quay machine hus become. Even while
preaching from the stump the tup
port of President McKlnley, his ad
ministration, and the principles on
which the Republican party has won
so many and glorious victories, they
used their efforts to deplete and weals
en the Republican majority In our na
tional houso ot representatives, though
so badly needed to make effective Pres
ident MeKlnloy's wise and patriotic
purposes, for the sole reason that they
might revenge themselves on one who
had the courngn to appeal to the poo
plo in his candlducy for governor. In
stead of to the (rule or ruin) machine.
"In the work before us the Busi
ness Men's Republican league confi
dently appeals to all lovers of honesty
anil patriotism among Pennsylvania's
citizens for support In whatsoever way
each finds he can give It best. It Is
not asking support for any man but
for the redemption of the great Ro
publican party of our commonwealth."
Bribed to Wreck a Vessel,
London. .Nov. 13. At tho Mansion
houso poller court today a man named
Robin B. Ptirdy was committed for ttiul
on the charge of circulating a libel, con
tained In a letter addricd to survivors
and relatives of victims ot the Mohegan
disaster. Intlmalh.g that her captain was
bribed to wreck the vessid.
. Cavalry Captain Captured,
Btrasburg, Germany. Nov. 13. i'ho
Ne'iste Naelulrhton says that Count Slol-berg-Wernlgerode.
u captain of eavn!ry.
has been caHhlared and sentenced to forty
months' Imprisonment for futility stab
bing with his sabro a sergeunt turned
Be hi imiIi a id I, In Baptcmbvr Inst.
THE NEWS THIS JlOilNING
Weather Indication! Todiy:
Fair! Southwesterly Winds.
1 General-Fatal Kallroud Wreck in On-
tnrlo.
Manifesto by tho Business Men's Re
publican league.
Tho Montrose Murder Trial.
Joseph Chambcilaln on tho French
Question.
2 General Special Cuban Commissioner
Porter's Report.
Financial and Commercial.
3 Local First Annual Meeting of the
Hahnemann Hospital,
4 Editorial.
Comment of the Press.
3 Story-"From Roof to Roof."
Social Sldo of Governor Stono.
C Local Scheme on Foot to Lcxow the
Whole County.
Court Proceedings.
7 Local Tho New Building of tho Coun
ty Hank.
Musical Questions for Teachers.
5 Local West Scranton and Subuihan.
0 News Hound About Scranton.
10 General Thirteenth Regiment On tin
U'ny to Its New Camp.
W. C. T. U. ELECTS
A PRESIDENT
Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens Selected
to Succeed the Lato Frances Wil
lartl. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 15. The storm
of yesterday In the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union made a. slim
attendance at the opening today. Mrs.
Dunham's resolution pledging tho na
tional union to the payment ot tho
$200,01)0 Issue of Temple trust bonds
was postponed owing to the small at
tendance till 0 o'clock this afternoon.
Mrs. Llvell, of Pennsylvania, lntro
du.cil a resolution deploring tho great
destruction of song birds for millin
ery and petitioning congress to pass
a law prohibiting the use for millinery
ruri ores of all useful or singing birds.
Some discussion, humorous and other
wise, followed and It was carried, ICG
to :.
Mis. Francis Josephs, colored, of
Louisiana, presented resolutions de
nouncing lynehings In the South, and
they were laid on tho table to bo called
up later.
It was announced that 371 officers
nnd delegates were entitled to vote.
Mrs. Bessie Lay the Scovol, of Minne
sota, presided dining the election. Be
foio the balloting commenced an Illin
ois delegate created something of a
sensation by asking "that some one
tell us the personal, religious convic
tions and sectarian connections of Mrs.
Stovoiis." There .was no answer save
In a buzz of dissent to the Injection
of such a emery nt such a time. The
ballots were taken up by a corps of
dii'iiibutlng. tollers, who turned thorn,
oxer to the counting tellers In the choir
loom. The1 ballots for president, corre
sponding secretary and leconllng see
ii tury were taken before the announce
ment of the ballot for president was
unnounced as follows:
Votes cast, S.'-fi: blank ballots, :. Miss
Annu Shaw, 1; Mis. S. M. P. Fry. 1:
Miss Helen Hood, 1: Mrs. Caroline
Huell, 1: Mis. M. N. Stevenson, 1: Mrs.
11. L. Seovel, 1; Miss Bell Mix. 1; Mrs.
1. L. Stevenson, 2: Miss Anna Cor
don, -2: Mrs. White-Kinney, 2; Mrs.
Clara P. Hoifman. -1; Miss Marie C.
Urehni. 1; -Mrs. A. S. Benjamin, 1; Mrs.
Mary II. Hunt. : Mrs, Louise S.
Bounds. 3; Mrs. Marlon Dunham. .",;
Mrs. Fessendeii. 7: Mrs. Lillian M. N.
Stcvor.s, Sir.
Mrs. Stevens made a very touchlm:
sp"ech of acceptance, urging nil to
join in carrying on the work to which
Miss Willard, the beloved leader, had
given her life. The Maine delegation
pi edited her with u beautiful clusr
ter of roses. Mis. Stevens then slated
she wanted to nominate Miss Anna A.
Gordon, who had been Miss Wlllnrd's
prlvat" secretary, und Is ptobably one
of the mot believed of tho union lead
ers, to bi ici president at large. The
by-laws wero then amended to give
the president the authority to make
such nomination and tho nomination
was lmmudiately agreed to and tlu
elect lor. followed by a rising unani
mous vote. Miss Gordon returned
thanks.
Telegrams announcing these two
elections were ordered sent to Mrs.
I.. M. II. Stevens' husband, to .Miss
Gordon's mother and Lady Henry
Somerset, The result on correspond
ing secretary was then announced,
Mrs. Susannah M. D. Try, of .Minneso
ta, receiving 21 oles out of 353, the
either being very scattering, and Mrs.
Fry was formally declared elected.
Mrs". Clara i Hou'inan, of Missouri,
was re-elected rci'ordlng secretary on
tin first ballot, receiving 2?:! out of 351
v- tes cast. Mrs. Frances I ;. Beau
champ, "f Kentucky, was made assist
ant recording secretary.
Wh'lc awaiting the result of tho vote
fev treasurer, the recording- secretary
read the recent order to the British
army In regaul to the use of llipior and
the diiwors arising from Immorality of
all sorts. A motion wus made and car
ried to rend a copy of the order to
the secretary of war and the Mecrelary
of the navy with the endorsement of
tho convention.
The vallot for treasurer resulted:
Votes cast, ".'0; Mrs. Helen M. Bar
ker, N: Mr.. M II. Dunham, 11;
scattering, 2o.
SPAIN IS OBSTINATE.
Commissioners Will Not Agree to
Our Terms.
Madrid, Nov. 15. According to seml
ejfilclat statements hero the Spanish
peace commissioners will maintain
their present attitude In regard to the
Philippine Islands und will certainly
pot ace opt the conditions of the United
States.
It Is also leami'd from the same
sources that complete) accord prevails
between tho Spanlrh government und
Its peace commissioners.
Victims of a Fite.
New Iledfcrd, Mnss., Nov. 15. Mrs. Oc
tave Gauthler and her mother, Mn.
Hrudlcy, died today from Injuries re
eelved In last Thursdny ntylit's tene
ment houso fire, m iking tho total number
of dead four. Lttda.-r l'.culn la In a crit
ical condition.
CHAMBERLAIN
TALKS AGAIN
Friendship for America
Crops Out in His
Speech.
RECEIVED WITH CHEERS
The Secretary of Stato for the Col
onies Is Moro Explicit Than His
Colleagues in. Dealing with, tho
French Question, and Expresses
His Opinion Upon tho 3?ollcy ol!
Interference That Has Been Char
acteristic of the French Govern
ment for Many Years Past Hopes
of an Alllanco That Will Guaran
tee Peace nnd Civilization to tho
World.
Manchester, Nov. 13. At the nation
nl Liberal Unionist conference hera
today, Joseph Chamberlain, secretary
of state for the colonies, made his first
public speech slnco his return from
tho United States.
Mr. Chamberlain, who was inucli
more explicit on tho subject of Anglo-e
French relations than any of his ool-
leagues in the cabinet has been, said
"It was the hope ot every friend of
peace that the French withdrawal from
Fnshoda is indicative of their accept
ance of the principle of British cons
trol of the whole valley of the Nile, re-
gardlng which thcro cannot bo any dis
cussion whatever." Going on to reclto
a "series of unfriendly acts perpetrat
ed by Franco In various riuarters eit
tho globe during tho last ten or fif
teen years," ho said:
"If better relations aro to be estab
lished, it will be necessary for French
politicians to abandon tactics whoso
object has been to hamper and embar
rars British policy even in epiarters
whi're the French have no Interests
to proteei. I refer especially to New
foundland where, despite tho fact that
the French fishery Interests havo de
clined to a comparatively iiiblgulflcaut
point, the demands of the French have
continually increased and their Inter
fere nee with the development of ths
colony has increased.
FBBNCIl 1NTEUVKNTION.
"At the liresent moment Newfound
land Is seriously suffering from an In
tervention which is of no advantage
to France, although a setious detri
ment to the British colony. If the Fas
hoela Incident only serves to dlfubuse
foreign statesmen of the erroneous con
ception that tho British will yield any
thing to pressure, will be a. blessing
In illsgulse."
After referring to the "thorough and
complete sympathy between the moth
erland and her colonies" Mr. Chumber
laln continued as follows:
"What is of equal liuportanee, our
American klnfolk (loud cheers) have
begun to understand us better. If wi
have had differences In the past, I
belles e they have arisen euitircly from
the want of prope-r mutual understand
ing, but now that the American people
know that in the lato trouble our hearts
went out with them tcheorsO and they
heartily reciprocate our good feelings.
"I shall not attempt to predict what
may follow this better feeling, but I
may at least hope that In the future
the understanding which I have spoken
of may be perfected and in the face of
that understanding we twe may be able
te guarantee peace and civilization to
the world." tProlongoel cheers.'
COL. WILLIAMS' REMAINS.
Taken on the Saratoga for Shipment
North.
Havana, Neiv. lj. The remains of
tit. lato Colonel Williams, chief qttiir-
j termaster, were conveyed today from
the colon cemetery to J.a Machluu
wharf where thoy wero taken on board
tho steamer Saratoga for shipment
north.
Bear Admiral Sampson, Generals
Wade, Butler, colonel Cloud, the Brit
ish consul, a number of friends of the
deceased and the American newspaper
correspondents accompinleel tho body
from tho cemetery to tho wharf. The
route followed oy the funeral proces
sion was lined by crowds of people
Tho c-askct containing the remains was
covered with the Stan and Stripe,.
CHEAP OAS AT TRENTON.
Illumination at 25 Cents per 1,000
Cubic Feet.
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 15. Trinton
people will be furnished with gas at
2 cents per 1,000 cuulc feet beginning
tomorrow. The new plant of tho Peo
plo'.s Gas Improvement company, eif
which William L. Blklns, ot Philadel
phia, Is tin head, was put in operation
today and a war is on between this
'onipany and the old one. tho Tienton
I'las Light c.impany, which, until tho
new company was organized, win
charging two dolhus a thousand,
Since then both companies have been
underbidding each other. Tho old
company this morning reilured Its
prlev to 15 cents and this afternoon tho
new company came down to it eeim.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington. Nov. 15. These Pennsyl
vania pensions have bein ls.eucdi Origi
nalSpecial Nov. 7. Preele'ilek A. Whee
lock. dead. F,otor vllle. Wyoming. $1o.
Original widows, clc.-May K. Whcclock,
Factoryville, n
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f W'nt-hlllRton. Nil '" ri.rcriist --
for Wednerelay: f ; n iiim-
s- sylvaula, fall ; li : ." '..teii,v
f winds.
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